Wednesday, December 04, 2013

For some reason, the folks in Capital City think that if they just throw enough money at a (self-created) problem, it will go away. Case in point: the "You can't really keep your insurance" problem.

The carriers have already made it clear that there's only so much they can do (and that turns out to be not much of anything). For example, Anthem has extended its deadline for "early renewals" to the middle of this month, and Medical Mutual has followed suit.

Interestingly, Medical Mutual included this little caveat in its email:

"Medical Mutual is not able to extend individual plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into the New Year, because they have no plans or rates approved by the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) for these products in 2014"

For some reason, the folks in Capital City think that if they just throw enough money at a (self-created) problem, it will go away. Case in point: the "You can't really keep your insurance" problem.

The carriers have already made it clear that there's only so much they can do (and that turns out to be not much of anything). For example, Anthem has extended its deadline for "early renewals" to the middle of this month, and Medical Mutual has followed suit.

Interestingly, Medical Mutual included this little caveat in its email:

"Medical Mutual is not able to extend individual plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into the New Year, because they have no plans or rates approved by the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) for these products in 2014"